This presentation is made on famous Painter and Artist of punjab Sardar Sobha Singh ji. People also call them "Painter of the people"

1. S. Sobha
Singh
Painter of the People
Submitted to-
Manraj Sir
Submitted by-
Mehakdeep
Singh

2. Birth and Childhood
 29 November 1901 in Sri Hargobindpur,
Distt.Gurdaspur.
 Father S.Deva Singh was in India Army.
 Mother Bibi Acchran.
 At 15 joined Industrial School, Amritsar.
 Did one year course of Art & Craft.

3. Career
 Joined as a draughtsman( Architecture) in
Indian Army.
 Served in Baghdad, Iraq.
 Left Army in 1923 and got married to Inder
Kaur.
 Started career in Drawing and Painting at
Amritsar.
 Later moved his studio to Lahore and Delhi.

4. Passion
 He sit at his Easel
for 18 to 20 hours.
 His first painting
was Sohani –
Mahiwal at Delhi
that gave him an
instant fame.
 Rated
masterpiece of
their painting
collection.

5. In The Lap Of Himalayas
 After the partition Dar ji settled down
permanently at Andretta.
 Situated in Kangra district of
Himlachal Pradesh.
 During the 38 years of stay at Andretta
he painted hundreds of paintings.
 Dar ji was skilled in Western classical
techique of oil painting.

6. Achievements of Dar ji
 State Artist by Punjab government in
1974.
 Padma Shri in 1983.
 Degree of Doctor of Literature by
Punjabi University, Patiala.
 BBC made a documentary film in
1984.

7. His Famous Paintings

8. Self Portraits of Dar ji

9. Thank You